Antarctospira falklandica

Antarctospira falklandica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]

Antarctospira falklandica
Shell of Antarctospira falklandica (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Antarctospira
Species:
A. falklandica
Binomial name
Antarctospira falklandica
(Powell, 1951)
Synonyms[1]

Leucosyrinx falklandica Powell, 1951 (original combination)

Description

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The shell has six whorls, one of which is a blunt protoconch and a half-whorl of axials. The shell is a consistent color of white, and is covered by a pale surface. The length of the shell attains 15.75 mm, and its diameter reaches 5.8 mm.[2]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off the Falkland Islands and Strait Of Magellan, east of Mouth, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, South Atlantic Ocean.

References

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  1. ^ a b Leucosyrinx falklandica Powell, 1951. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 March 2010.
  2. ^ Powell, A. W. B. (25 March 1951). "Antarctic and Subantarctic Mollusca: Pelecypoda and Gastropoda". Discovery Reports. 26. Cambridge at the University Press (published 1954): 169–170. ISSN 0070-6698. LCCN 30033895. OCLC 1259956. Retrieved 28 July 2023 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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